[Louise Dodson and Mark Metherell]
John Howard has revealed evidence from a top army officer backing claims that the Prime Minister was told there was no substance to claims of asylum seekers throwing their children overboard. more

[Michael Georgy in Najaf]
Shiite militiamen began handing in weapons yesterday near a shrine in Najaf, where thousands of pilgrims flocked to mark a peace deal brokered overnight by Iraq's most revered cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, to end a three-week resistance. more

[Anne Davies]
Westfield chairman Frank Lowy offered the owner of the Orange Grove factory outlet, Nabil Gazal, $500,000 to abandon plans for a cinema complex on the site that became home to the outlet, an inquiry has heard. more

[Steve Mascord 12:30am]
After scoring eight tries to demoralise a patched-up Newcastle last night, the Bulldogs' premiership charge gathered further momentum when it was revealed star centre Jamaal Lolesi might be back for the first week of the NRL finals. more

[Scott Rochfort]
Bolstered by bumper oil-refining margins and an 80 per cent surge in petrol sales at its Woolworths co-branded petrol station sites, Caltex Australia said it would have "an ample internal earnings growth opportunity" if it improved the performance of its refineries. more